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By Paddy
In Articles, books, Explainer, history, non fiction, research, writing, Writing
Posted December 4, 2019

The Prospect of Whitby and the Hanging Judge

Yes, that is a noose, and that is the River Thames. And yes, the gallows’ crossbeam is indeed aimed at the financial centre, Canary Wharf. The gallows is part of the Prospect of Whitby, one [...]

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By Paddy
In Articles, books, Case Study, history, non fiction, Non-fiction, Notes, research, writing, Writing
Posted September 30, 2019

How New York Marshals were made

At a quarter to ten on the morning of May 19, 1811, bells began to sound throughout the neighbourhood of New York around Chatham Street and the City Hall. It being a Sunday, not many people paid [...]

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By Paddy
In Articles, books, Business, Case Study, crime, history, non fiction, Non-fiction, writing, Writing
Posted August 26, 2019

The murders that made the NYPD

When the Revolutionary War ended in 1783 and the King’s soldiers departed for England, the King’s laws went with them. Good riddance, most people said. British rule had been oppressive, [...]

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By Paddy
In Articles, books, crime, history, Murder, non fiction, Non-fiction, research, Writing
Posted May 30, 2019

America’s First Murderer

“As far as I can tell, the first murder in New England was committed in 1630 with a gun.” Thomas McDade, The Annals of Murder. John Billington was probably not the first man to commit [...]

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By Paddy
In Articles, books, Case Study, Education, history, Murder, Non-fiction, Uncategorized, writing, Writing
Posted April 30, 2019

The First American Psychos?

On a summer’s day in 1799, a group of men were driving cattle from Kentucky to Virginia, along a road known as Boone’s Trace, when the cows suddenly quit the road and rushed into the woods. Once [...]

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By Paddy
In Articles, books, Branding, Business, Education, Explainer, fiction, Marketing, Non-fiction, research, Writing
Posted March 14, 2019

Publishing 101

I’m reading a great book right now called Publishing 101, by Jane Friedman. She is a columnist with Publishers Weekly and writes a very useful blog at JaneFriedman.com. She’s been in [...]

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By Paddy
In books, Education, Explainer, history, Law, Murder, Non-fiction, research, Writing
Posted February 28, 2019

Murder in the first degree – a history

I had always thought of ‘murder in the first degree’ as something dating back to mediaeval times in England. It certainly has that ring to it. But it turns out, it’s not an [...]

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By Paddy
In Articles, books, Branding, Business, history, Non-fiction, Reviews, Writing
Posted February 25, 2019

Book review: Say Nothing, by Patrick Radden Keefe

I reviewed New Yorker writer Patrick Radden Keefe’s book Say Nothing, A True Story of Murder and Memory In Northern Ireland, for NPR. Say Nothing is the story of the abduction and murder of [...]

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By Paddy
In Articles, books, Branding, Education, Explainer, fiction, Marketing, writing, Writing
Posted February 20, 2019

How to market your book, part 1

I’m going to be speaking to Sisters in Crime in April about book marketing, and my journey through the dizzying world of how to place and sell your book. So let’s start with the basic question: [...]

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By Paddy
In Articles, books, Branding, Business, Case Study, Economy, Explainer, Interviews, Writing
Posted February 2, 2019

How bookstores can cope with rising rents

Rising rent is one of the biggest reasons that bookstores lose their leases. I feel very conflicted about this. On the one hand, I love books and bookstores, and I hate the idea that as business [...]

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